toku
Clipping of tokusatsu.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
tol-lol
Moderately good; tolerable.
tol-lolish
Moderately good; tolerable.
tole
simple past and past participle of tell
tolkiendil
A fan of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially one interested in his constructed languages.
toll
simple past and past participle of tell
tollie
Diminutive for a penis.
tolt
simple past and past participle of tell
tom-turd
A person employed to empty privies.
tomarry
The ship of characters Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort) and Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series.
tomato
An attractive woman.
tomato can
An inferior fighter in the sport of boxing. The insinuation is that an up-and-coming fighter takes on a "tomato can" to burnish his reputation and record.
tombstone engineering
The practice of letting accidents or failures (perhaps occasioning death, but not necessarily) identify engineering problems.
tomcatter
A member of VFA-31, a strike fighter squadron of the US Navy.
tomdaya
The celebrity couple consisting of actor Tom Holland and actress and singer Zendaya Coleman.
TomKat
The couple consisting of celebrities Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, together from 2005 to 2012.
tommy cooker
The M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Little to no contemporary evidence of this definition exists.
Tommy Dodd
The player in the coin-tossing game of odd man out who is the only player to get heads or tails, and thus wins or loses depending on the chosen rule.
Tommy K
tomato ketchup
tone
A specific pitch.
tone down
To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
tone in
To fit well (with something, in colour, mood, etc.).
tone police
To complain about the tone of one or more participants in a debate or discussion, especially one perceived as heated, disrespectful, etc.
tone up
To cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen.
tone with
To match, blend or look good with (something).
tongan time
A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Tongans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.
tongue
To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
tongue punch
Synonym of tonguefuck.
tongue sandwich
A French kiss.
tongue sarnie
tongue sandwich; French kiss
tongue sushi
French kissing.
tongue technology
The ability to rap quickly.
tongue wrestling
The act of passionately kissing (making out), most often open-mouthed in the style of a French kiss.
tonguefuck
The act of sexual penetration or impassioned kissing or licking with the tongue.
tonguejob
An act of oral sex, usually cunnilingus.
tongzhi
A member of any sexual minority group in Greater China.
tonk
An illegal immigrant of any country.
tonto
Synonym of idiot: someone who is foolish or stupid.
too many cooks spoils the broth
Uncommon form of too many cooks spoil the broth.
too much bed makes a dull head
Too much inactivity makes one less mentally acute.
too much pudding will choke a dog
One can have too much of a good thing.
too much water drowned the miller
One may have too much of a good thing.
tool
To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
tool up
To furnish with equipment.
toolage
the quality of being a tool; obnoxiousness; conceit; hubris
toolbag
A tool or jerk; an obnoxious person.
toolbox
Dumbass or idiot.
toon force
A narrative device where a character violates reality or the plot in an unrealistic manner such as elastically stretching their own body in a surreal way.
toot suite
Very quickly; in a hurry; straight away.
toot sweet
Alternative form of tout de suite (“very quickly; straight away”).
tooth hurty
A time to go to the dentist.
toothpick
A very thin individual.
tootie
A barbiturate.
toots
Babe, sweetie: a term used when addressing a young woman
top
The highest or uppermost part of something.
top bin
The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
top left
For real; I mean it; I swear.
top off
To fill or refill (a drink etc.) so that the container is completely full.
top out
To reach one's highest point.
topper-offer
A final portion of a beverage drink, often with coffee drinks or alcoholic mixes, that will fill a cup to the top.
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